Migas lomasi

Migas lomasi
Data Deficit
Data Deficit (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Migidae
Genus: Migas
Species:
M. lomasi
Binomial name
Migas lomasi
Wilton, 1968

Migas lomasi is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Migidae (tree trapdoor spiders), endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded only from a single locality in the Otago Region of the South Island.

Taxonomy

Migas lomasi was described in 1968 by the New Zealand arachnologist Cecil Wilton, in the second part of The Spiders of New Zealand—a monograph co-authored with Ray Forster that revised the New Zealand mygalomorph families Ctenizidae, Dipluridae and Migidae. The description was based on a single female holotype collected at Makarora. The specimen is held in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa under registration number AS.000059.

Description

The female has a total body length of 16 mm. The carapace and legs are orange brown, and the abdomen is pale purplish brown.

Distribution

Migas lomasi has only been recorded from Makarora, a small settlement near the head of Lake Wānaka in the Otago Region of the South Island.

Conservation status

Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, M. lomasi is listed as "Data Deficient", with the qualifiers "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Forster, Raymond Robert; Wilton, Cecil Louis (1968-01-01). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part II: Ctenizidae, Dipluridae & Migidae" (PDF). Otago Museum Bulletin. 2: 1–166.
  2. ↑ "Migas lomasi Wilton, 1968". Collections Online – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
  3. ↑ Sirvid, P. J.; Vink, C. J.; Fitzgerald, B. M.; Wakelin, M. D.; Rolfe, J.; Michel, P. (2020-01-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand Araneae (spiders), 2020" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 34: 1–37.